I never really listed to this stuff. Where's a good place to start?
I think the more indie-minded people doing the drafts are better than I would be at recommending stuff, but some of the biggger bands and bigger projects coming from the Arts & Crafts label and collective are Broken Social Scene, Feist, Stars, and Metric, among others. I think the entry place is
You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene. Feist and Stars are probably the next two best known, with
Set Yourself On Fire by Stars and Feist's either
Let It Die or
The Reminder being good places. Metric is a synth-pop band that Tasker would know better than I, as he got me into them.
Do Make Say Think is sort of a side project of three members of the collective. I personally like and listen to
Good Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead, &Yet & Yet, and Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn, the album off of which I chose my song from.
That should be the briefest and most surface-level of write-ups.
Personal opinion here, and a bit of a hedge: Despite the two selections, they might be too lauded in the indie world. They're critical darlings, sometimes, in my opinion, too much so, but they're a worthy collective with a lot of merit to them. But I don't think they depart enough from the indie paradigm to garner the effusiveness of praise they receive from the press. They're awesome, but take that with a grain of salt. It's likely you've heard it before, but it's all done well.
. I was taking them regardless!
